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A Fairview Township doctor accused of drunkenly threatening police and shooting up his Glen Summit neighborhood was arrested Monday on suspicion of drunken driving, according to Wright Township police.

Police stopped Gonsky, who could not provide registration or insurance for the vehicle, officers said. Gonsky said he took the ATV to the store because he was unable to ride his bicycle and he has been having problems getting in and out of his car, according to police.

Police said Gonsky appeared drunk and was taken to Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township for blood-alcohol testing. Charges are pending the results, police said. Gonsky, an osteopathic physician and surgeon, is free on $5,000 bail and awaiting trial on charges of reckless endangerment, making terroristic threats and disorderly conduct stemming from a separate incident.

Fairview Township police arrested him Feb. 24 after a series of encounters beginning with him drunkenly hassling customers at several businesses along South Mountain Boulevard. Police gave him a ride home from Carone's Market after management asked him to be removed from the premises, and police found a Mossberg shotgun in the back of his car, police said.

On the way home, Gonsky told the officer he was going to "put a bullet between your eyes" if the officer returned, and the officer left Gonsky with orders not to come out for the rest of the day, according to police.

But police were soon called back to Gonsky's house on Loop Road to a report of Gonsky shooting into the front yard from his porch, police said.

Gonsky is due in court at 10:30 a.m. today for a preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge Ronald Swank on those charges.

Court records also show that since being free on bail, Gonsky was cited April 4 for a traffic lane violation. That case is still pending.

Gonsky's attorney, Anthony Moses, said he would defer comment on the latest arrest until and if charges are filed.

jhalpin@citizensvoice.com, 570-821-2058

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